アマテラス

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of アマテラス – see the following entries.
【天照あまてらす】
[proper noun] (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess
[proper noun] (poetic) the Sun
[verb] (epithet) heavenly, august, in heaven (from the literal sense of “shining in heaven” as an honorific verb phrase; used to modify a noun or noun phrase)
Alternative spelling
あまでらす
【天照あまてらす】
[verb] (Classical Japanese, honorific, literal, Japanese mythology, of gods and heavenly bodies) alternative form of 天照る (amateru, “to shine in heaven”)
[verb] (Classical Japanese, honorific, figurative, of a ruler) to rule a nation
Alternative spelling
あまでらす
(This term, アマテラス (amaterasu), is the katakana spelling of the above terms.)
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